TOP
Records 2011 JAZZ A PARIS
TOP Records 2011 One of the most pleasing albums of the beginning of the year. SUNSHIP
TOP Records 2011 Great art for a big band MAITRE CHRONIQUE
ELECTED Record A real task force ! CITIZEN JAZZ
Exciting and exhilarating. MOZAIC JAZZ
Euphoric and melodiously "free". LE MONDE - IMPROJAZZ
Instrumental mastery, energy, freedom and abetting CULTURE JAZZ
A deep sense of jubilation for a burning manifesto ! MASTER REVIEW
Warm and groovy... A spirtit next to the soul music with a rock sound JAZZ LETTER
A deep sense of jubilation MASTER REVIEW
Libertarian with a subime intensity NEOSPHERE
A whole spectrum of moods and influences The STASH DAUBER - NY
TOP Records 2011 One of the most pleasing albums of the beginning of the year. SUNSHIP
TOP Records 2011 Great art for a big band MAITRE CHRONIQUE
ELECTED Record A real task force ! CITIZEN JAZZ
Exciting and exhilarating. MOZAIC JAZZ
Euphoric and melodiously "free". LE MONDE - IMPROJAZZ
Instrumental mastery, energy, freedom and abetting CULTURE JAZZ
A deep sense of jubilation for a burning manifesto ! MASTER REVIEW
Warm and groovy... A spirtit next to the soul music with a rock sound JAZZ LETTER
A deep sense of jubilation MASTER REVIEW
Libertarian with a subime intensity NEOSPHERE
A whole spectrum of moods and influences The STASH DAUBER - NY
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The Libre
Ensemble ("Free Together" or "Free Ensemble" in french) was created in
2010 by Bruno Tocanne to celebrate the 10 years of the imuZZic
collective, led by musicians among the most implicated in this one.
Within this egalitarian orchestra, not subject to the autocracy of a
single conductor, each comes with his ideas, his scores, his sense of
play and listen to others, for sharing the music.
"Libre(s)ensemble is a big band that covers a whole spectrum of moods and influences with two trumpets, two guitars, and one or two woodwinds atop bass, Tocanne's drums, and percussion. The opening "La Foley" juxtaposes a pulsing guitar chord against an abstract melody before the horns break out in collectively improvised polyphony. "Bruno Rubato" commences with a slice of sprung rhythm freeblow, with hints of surf and Jim Hall in the guitars, before settling into a winding, horn-led dirge that's reminiscent to these feedback-scorched ears of Bill Frisell's reimagining of Burt Bacharach's work with Elvis Costello. Then Elodie Pasquier takes a woody bass clarinet solo over more sprung rhythm and the melody returns, this time with Damien Sabatier soloing on alto. "Suite for Libre Ensemble" winds its way through four different movements, which are alternately Spanish-tinged, Henry Cow-like, freewheeling, and folkloric-but-_out_. "Le chant des marais" starts out with a jangling rhythm guitar like something out of Lighthouse or one of those other early '70s "jazz rock" bands. Elsewhere, there are echoes of Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society (back when he still had the scream trumpet), Jack DeJohnette's Directions, and even the ethereal, spacey side of OrnetteColeman's Prime Time. Overall, though, Libre(s)ensemble is most evocative of Carla Bley's work with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and her own bands. It's not just the eclecticism, it's the way the horns are voiced. The soloists are uniformly strong, but it's the compositions and the way the constituent parts interact as a whole that are the focus here" The Stash Dauber - NY
"Libre(s)ensemble is a big band that covers a whole spectrum of moods and influences with two trumpets, two guitars, and one or two woodwinds atop bass, Tocanne's drums, and percussion. The opening "La Foley" juxtaposes a pulsing guitar chord against an abstract melody before the horns break out in collectively improvised polyphony. "Bruno Rubato" commences with a slice of sprung rhythm freeblow, with hints of surf and Jim Hall in the guitars, before settling into a winding, horn-led dirge that's reminiscent to these feedback-scorched ears of Bill Frisell's reimagining of Burt Bacharach's work with Elvis Costello. Then Elodie Pasquier takes a woody bass clarinet solo over more sprung rhythm and the melody returns, this time with Damien Sabatier soloing on alto. "Suite for Libre Ensemble" winds its way through four different movements, which are alternately Spanish-tinged, Henry Cow-like, freewheeling, and folkloric-but-_out_. "Le chant des marais" starts out with a jangling rhythm guitar like something out of Lighthouse or one of those other early '70s "jazz rock" bands. Elsewhere, there are echoes of Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society (back when he still had the scream trumpet), Jack DeJohnette's Directions, and even the ethereal, spacey side of OrnetteColeman's Prime Time. Overall, though, Libre(s)ensemble is most evocative of Carla Bley's work with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and her own bands. It's not just the eclecticism, it's the way the horns are voiced. The soloists are uniformly strong, but it's the compositions and the way the constituent parts interact as a whole that are the focus here" The Stash Dauber - NY
You can find here everything that
characterizes the imuZZic
collective
: attachment to the melody
that
you can find in the 3 albums of trio
Resisances or on the albim "new
dreams nOw !", mastery of improvisation and original
compositions like
in the albums : Bruno Tocanne "4 new
dreams !", Nachoff - Tocanne
Project "5
new dreams", or "Call It Anything", the search for bridges between
jazz, pop, rock and free exemplified by the I.Overdrive trio. It's
a music
without aesthetic frontiers, open to all other forms of artistic
expression. Energy and generosity have always allowed these musicians
to
reach all kinds of audiences, all generations and all backgrounds,
whether in international festivals or smaller venues (jazz and / or
actual music), or in places not dedicated to music, in France and
other countries like China, Korea or Russia.
Rue du repos 69640
Montmelas Saint Sorlin - France
+ 33 (0)9 54 70 28 39 imuzzic [at] imuzzic.net
Rue du repos 69640
Montmelas Saint Sorlin - France
+ 33 (0)9 54 70 28 39 imuzzic [at] imuzzic.net
